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Peixinha Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary
at a person's salt = at salt with a person
Hello,
What is the meaning of this expression?
Does this mean "to be someone's guest" and "to be a freeloader"?
Than you in advance,
What is the meaning of this expression?
Does this mean "to be someone's guest" and "to be a freeloader"?
Than you in advance,
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Hi, Sharing salt has been an important social ritual in the past, and still is in some parts of the world. However, it has no great meaning in modern N. America, and I don't know the two phrases you are talking about.
- Hi, Sharing salt has been an important social ritual in the past, and still is in some parts of the world.
- However, it has no great meaning in modern N.
- America, and I don't know the two phrases you are talking about.
- There is the phrase 'below the salt', which I think is rapidly becoming archaic.
- html Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
Sharing salt has been an important social ritual in the past, and still is in some parts of the world. However, it has no great meaning in modern N. America, and I don't know the two phrases you are talking about.
There is the phrase 'below the salt', which I think is rapidly becoming archaic. Look here:
Sharing salt has been an important social ritual in the past, and still is in some parts of the world. However, it has no great meaning in modern N. America, and I don't know the two phrases you are talking about.
There is the phrase 'below the salt', which I think is rapidly becoming archaic. Look here:
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